Wednesday, November 20, 2013

Do "Christians" even know what they are celebrating on Christmas?

After reading post after post on Facebook about how Christmas has become so commercialized and how these people feel the "true" meaning of Christmas is overlooked (the same people who stand in line on Black Friday to get a good deal on their Christmas gifts), I decided to do some research of my own on the subject. This is what I found:

Christmas originated as Saturnalia (sun worship). It was a
week long Holiday of pure lawlessness. Roman pagans began this lawless Holiday
from December 17- 25. During this span of several days, courts were closed and
people were allowed to break laws without any penalties.Innocent people were mistreated, abused and
some were even raped and murdered.

In 1466, Pope Paul II, for the amusement of Romans, forced
Jewish people to race naked through the city streets after feeding them large
quantities of food. As they ran, Romans laughed and made fun of them as the Pope
stood on his balcony and laughed at what he saw.

During the 4th century, Christians tried to convert
pagans to Christianity by telling them that they could continue to celebrate
Saturnalia just as they have been doing for years. Since Christians realized that there was
absolutely nothing godly about Saturnalia, they changed the Holiday to conclude
that December 25th was, “Jesus’ Birthday”. If you study this, you
will learn that if Jesus was born, he was born sometime between September and
November, so the “Christ-mas” Holiday that Christians celebrate today is truly
just a masked version of Saturnalia.

What is the purpose of this post, you might ask?

You may be a devout Christian who sincerely believes that
Christmas is to celebrate the birth of Jesus. If that is the case, believe that
Jesus is the son of God…a Holy deity.

You may believe in your God… that Jesus was a man, a
prophet, but not the son of God and celebrate Christmas as a Holiday to spend
time with family and friends.

You may be atheist, believing in no God at all. You may
celebrate Christmas simply because it was a family tradition.

Ultimately, it is up to us to decide what is right for
ourselves. We should not judge one another. People are constantly pointing
fingers at others saying things like:

If you don’t believe what I believe and live as I live you
are going to go to hell or if you lie to your kids and tell them there is a
Santa Clause you are a bad parent.

Who are we to judge one another? Live your life as you wish
and leave everyone else alone. But please, stop pointing fingers and name
calling. Everyone believes what they believe is right. It is counterproductive
to spend the majority of your life trying to convince others that your way of
thinking is the “only” way or the “right” way.